Improved straightener for boots and shoes



. city of' Dayton, in the county of Montgomery, and State forStraightening the Heels of Boots or Shoes that have l tending from thebrace B.

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GEORGE W. l/YILFORD, OF DAYTON, OHIO.`

Letters Patent No. 87,129, dated .February 23, 1869.

IMPROVED STRAIGHTENER FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and maklng part of theSama Be it known that I, GEORGE W. WILFoRn, of thel of Ohio, haveinvented'a new and useful Improvement become twisted or crooked linwearing; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of thisspecication, in which- Figure 1 shows the application ofthestraighte'ner, A, to. the boot or shoe, and

Figure 2, the curved shape of' the shank-plate, eX-

A crooked or twisted b oot or shoe-heel requiring to be bracedorstraightened, the brace B is placed against the heel,'and the hollowofthe extended shank-plate, D, against the shank of the boot or shoe.

The straightener is to be hiade'of malleable iron, of sizes adapted tothose of the boot or shoe to which they are to be applied, is tted, by-hammering,'t o the precise shape of the boot or shoe-shank, and rivetedto the sole' by rivets passed from the inside, through the holes C C,fig. l, letting the brace B lean a little in the direction toward whichthe heel has to be wrenched-l

